The Chicago grand jury investigating the fixing of the 1919 World Series returns a number of indictments on October 22, 1920.
True bills charging conspiracy to commit an illegal act were voted this afternoon against Hal Chase, formerly first baseman for the New York Yankees and other teams; William Burns, formerly White Sox pitcher, and Abe Attell, New York gambler and former feather-weight champion, by the special grand jury investigating the fixing of the 1919 world’s series. At the same time the grand jury voted true bills against the eight White Sox players and the two gamblers named previously. The grand jury is now sitting as a special body and the revoting of the true bills in the latter instance was a matter of formality so that they would be valid.
Probably all the indictments which have been voted in connection with the fixing of the 1919 series between the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds will be returned at the same time. The grand jury is now investigating the local baseball pool question, and it is expected that when it reconvenes next Tuesday afternoon more indictments will be returned in connection with this matter, which has assumed larger proportions than at first expected.
New York Tribune
Later in the story, St. Louis Browns second baseman Joe Gedeon will testify before the grand jury.
It is supposed Gedeon has knowledge of the gambler’s ring in St. Louis, and he is said to have won money on the series last year.
The 1920 season would be Gedeon’s last in baseball. He was connected with the cheating players on the White Sox.
After the Browns ended the 1919 season in fifth place, Gedeon decided to stick around and take in the World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds before heading back to the West Coast. Gedeon was friends with some of the conspirators on the White Sox, especially Sox shortstop Swede Risberg, who also hailed from Northern California. He had played in the PCL with Risberg, as well as pitcher Lefty Williams and infielder Fred McMullin and had also been a teammate of Chicago first baseman Chick Gandil while both were with the Senators. Unfortunately, Joe seemed to have a knack for getting in with the wrong crowd. He was friendly with certain representatives of the St. Louis gambling community and knew the notorious Hal Chase from California. Gedeon attended the games both in Chicago and Cincinnati and hung out with his buddies on the Sox, even traveling with the team. Not surprisingly he got wind of the fix and put down a few bets.
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